novelle

See also: Novelle

English

Etymology

From Italian plural of novella.

Noun

novelle

  1. plural of novella but only in the sense of a compact story.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch novelle, either from Italian novella or French nouvelle, itself from Italian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌnʊə̯ˈfɛ.lə/

Noun

novelle (plural novelles)

  1. a short novel, short story, a novella

Danish

Etymology

From French nouvelle.

Noun

novelle c (singular definite novellen, plural indefinite noveller)

  1. short story

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian novella or French nouvelle, itself from Italian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌnoːˈvɛ.lə/
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  • Hyphenation: no‧vel‧le
  • Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

novelle f (plural novelles or novellen, diminutive novelletje n)

  1. a short novel, short story, a novella
  2. a literary essay on closely related events

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: novelle
  • Indonesian: novel

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /noˈvɛl.le/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlle
  • Hyphenation: no‧vèl‧le

Adjective

novelle

  1. feminine plural of novello

Noun

novelle f

  1. plural of novella

Latin

Adjective

novelle

  1. vocative masculine singular of novellus

References

  • novelle”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • novelle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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